Sadness instead of celebration

A Stockton tribute to Dave Brubeck scheduled for today has been canceled following the jazz pianist's death Wednesday.

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By The Record

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By The Record

Posted Dec. 6, 2012 at 12:01 AM

By The Record

Posted Dec. 6, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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A Stockton tribute to Dave Brubeck scheduled for today has been canceled following the jazz pianist's death Wednesday.

"We just think it's a little too close to be celebrating a birthday when we'll just be a few days into mourning," said Simon Rowe, director of University of the Pacific's Brubeck Institute.

The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet, named for the 1942 Pacific graduate, and Patrick Langham Quintet, led by Pacific's jazz-studies director, had planned to play Brubeck's music at Stockton's Take 5 Jazz at the Brew club on what would have been Brubeck's 92nd birthday.